Payments Architecture & Engineering Specialist
Core
Design, evolve, and execute technology strategy for a large-scale global payments platform, operating at the intersection of application architecture, cloud infrastructure, and platform engineering.
Role type
Senior individual contributor payments architecture and engineering specialist
Builds
Core payments system architecture, APIs, transaction processing, funding flows, and supporting services
Domain
Financial services / Payments / Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Large-scale distributed systems design, Cloud-native architecture (AWS), Backend development (PHP, C#), Microservices and API design, Event-driven architecture, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD and automation frameworks, Payments platform operations, PCI compliance knowledge
Preferred skills
Payments processing flows and lifecycle management, Risk and underwriting concepts, Third-party processor integrations, Observability and resiliency patterns
Technologies
AWS, Terraform, Pulumi, GitHub, Jira, PHP, C#
Responsibilities
Lead design and evolution of core payments system architecture, Actively contribute to backend services and API development, Drive architectural decisions across applications and infrastructure, Improve engineering velocity via CI/CD and developer tooling enhancements, Lead cross-cutting high-priority initiatives spanning multiple teams, Serve as a trusted partner to engineering leadership on technology strategy
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
